Category: Psalms

Lord, teach me to number all of my daysMy life is but a moment in Your mindFor I’m just a breathe that blows awayI’m a raindrop in the seaEasily confused and so blindLet me not complain about Your designWhere do I put my hope if it’s not in You? Come rescue me from this rebellious landFor my punishment is ever renewedI have no words of defensePlease stop the blows from Your handWhen you discipline me for my sin

Lord, hear my prayer and listen to my cryDon’t ignore my tears falling on the floorLook away so I can smile if I tryKill the sin or leave me aloneLet me die and be no moreLook away, look away from me, LORD

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“Hear my prayer, O LORD,and give ear to my cry;hold not your peace at my tears!For I am a sojourner with you,a guest, like all my fathers.Look away from me, that I may smile again,before I depart and am no more!”
(Psalm 39:12-13)

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Do not rebuke me in angerFor who can stand when You’re jealous?Do not discipline in vengeanceWhile I waive my guilty bannerI groan because I have been proudMy longing rises before YouI cannot hide my sighs from YouAnd my face is bowed to the ground

On You, LORD, I wait night and dayWhen will you provide an answer? While my enemies have their laughterMy heart fails and I am afraid

I confess all my iniquity Draw close to me in this distressDo not forget your promisesWill you not come and rescue me? Do not forsake me now, O LORDI hear my foe’s celebrationYou alone are my salvationMy only hope is in Your Word

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There is no soundness in my fleshbecause of your indignation;there is no health in my bonesbecause of my sin.For my iniquities have gone over my head;like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

My wounds stink and festerbecause of my foolishness,I am utterly bowed down and prostrate;all the day I go about mourning.For my sides are filled with burning,and there is no soundness in my flesh.I am feeble and crushed;I groan because of the tumult of my heart.

O Lord, all my longing is before you;my sighing is not hidden from you.My heart throbs; my strength fails me,and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
(Psalm 38:3-10)

But for you, O LORD, do I wait;it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
(Psalm 38:15)